Displaying Menus; Obtaining Help - IBM 8271 Nways F12 User Manual

Displaying Menus

Obtaining Help

To enter multiple commands:
At the prompt, enter each command in succession. For example, to
display the system menu and then reset the Switch units in the
stack, enter:
Select menu option: system reset
To enter commands that require values:
Append the values to the name of the command. For example, to
display the system menu and then change the password for your
user, enter:
Select menu option: system password <password>
If you do not specify values for a command that requires them, you
are prompted to enter the values. At each prompt, the default value
is displayed in brackets.
To enter abbreviated commands
At the prompt, enter enough characters to uniquely identify the
commands. For example, to display the system menu and then
change the password for your user, enter:
Select menu option: sy pa <password>
There are several ways to display the menus in the command line
interface menu structure:
To display sub-menus:
At the Select menu option prompt, enter the name of the menu or
menus.
To display parent menus:
At the Select menu option prompt, enter
To display the Top-level menu:
Press the [Esc] key.
You can access the command line interface help system at any time by
entering ? at the Select menu option prompt.
About the Interface Menus
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